The sun after the rain is always very bright, the cool wind carries the fragrance of flowers and water, Xia Chen followed Zhang's mother, Yueniang took a small bag and followed her, she was about to leave here to go to the Xia family's old house. This old mansion is not the one where the Xia family lived before, but the ancestral house where Han Xiuxue lived before, Xia Chen's impression of the mansion is so dilapidated that it will not fall down as soon as she pushes the door now, she doesn't dare to guarantee it at all.

Everyone felt that Xia Chen was going to have a hard time, or with a little schadenfreude, or with a little helplessness to send off, to their surprise Xia Chen seemed very happy, as if he was going out to enjoy the mountains and rivers.

For Xia Chen, this is the beginning of the bitterness, it is very unreasonable to cross over for no reason, there is no magic weapon gold finger or something, won't she become the saddest traverser! Now, hehe, she's really looking forward to the rest of her life.

Xia Chen's chic bearing of waving his sleeves like this without taking away a cloud really made the people in Xia Mansion dumbfounded, they were surprised, they were all thinking that Xia Chen was too young, and he didn't know that the result of blocking the air would only make him suffer, at least pack some clothes and snacks, and it would last for a few days.

In fact, Xia Chen really didn't take anything with him, except for the pen, ink, paper, inkstone and the Fengshen chop, he brought a few sets of clothes and a few taels of silver saved these days. Of course, there was also the jar of champion red and the two pots of moon flowers that she had planted with her own hands, which were enough for her, and these things were far more precious in her eyes than () gold and silver jewelry, because no amount of money could buy good memories and touches.

The ancestral house of the Xia family is located in the north-west of Anyang City, which is already very close to the outskirts of the city. So the distance was not close, and she looked out from time to time, on the one hand, there were many places she had not been to. On the other hand, I want to remember the way.

Yueniang's expression looked very worried, and she kept muttering about a pen account, how much it would cost to buy rice and vegetables, how much would it cost to buy bedding, tables and chairs, and after about a quarter of an hour, she sighed lightly: "I knew that I had brought all the jewelry I had saved." "She did bring some silver and silver tickets, but she didn't have enough to do anything in a place like Anyang City. It's good to only be able to sustain life for a year and a half, not to mention that she heard that there is nothing on the side of the ancestral house, so she always needs to add some supplies.

Xia Chen smiled: "Yueniang." Money is dead, people are alive, don't worry. ”

Yueniang smiled bitterly: "If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, do you know that the silver in Xia Mansion is in a tight supply." ”

I really don't know about this Xia Chen. Listen to Yueniang. She also felt that it was possible, after all, the emperor's reward was not available every day, and there was not much for a fourth-grade official in the Great Cloud Country. The Xia family's family background is already thin, and when they move to the General's Mansion, they always have to add servants and horses to support the façade, and maybe Xia Zhongyang will give some gifts to his backers from time to time, so many of them add up, and the Xia Mansion is definitely beyond his means.

No wonder the Qian family wants their daughter to marry into the Yan family, and she is the main mother. There are a number of these, and on the surface it seems to be a lot of scenery. Probably poorer in fact. Interestingly, the Sun family only saw that Xia Zhongyang had been promoted, but he didn't know these circumstances, and blindly felt that the Qian family had a lot of money, but they were stingy and harsh.

Although the carriage deliberately bypassed the bustling streets like Ruixiang Street, the pedestrians on the street still seemed too scarce, but the patrolling Praetorian Guards passed by one after another, Xia Chen couldn't help but wonder in his heart, could it be that something big happened in Anyang City?

"Why are there so many Praetorian Guards patrolling the city all of a sudden?" She lifted the curtain and asked the coachman, thinking that he would go out of the house every day to run errands, and he should know.

The coachman said: "Some of the envoys of the Xuan Kingdom have arrived in the capital. ”

"Part of it?" Xia Chen is a little strange, how many people are there, do you still have to divide them into batches?

The coachman said: "Yes, I heard that there are more than 2,000 people in the mission, and this 100 people who arrived first are self-procuring for the later big shots. ”

When Xia Chen heard this, he immediately understood, although the two countries did not fight each other, there have always been many envoys who have been killed and detained, and since they are big people, they have to send someone to explore the truth first and see the sincerity of the other party.

"Then do you know who the big guy is going to do this time?"

The coachman said: "I heard that there is a little prince and a deputy commander, both of whom are close relatives of Emperor Xuan, so I don't know anything else." ”

Xia Chen lowered the curtain of the car, thinking to himself that Xuanguo's visit with such fanfare showed their sincerity in peace talks? Or is the demonstration to the Great Cloud Country coming? Or is it something else? Just imagine that there are so many people, if any accident happens in the capital, the Great Cloud Country will be responsible, even if nothing happens, it is quite laborious to entertain more than 2,000 people with the treatment of an embassy.

As far as she knows, Emperor Xuanhuang is still young, and the power of military and government affairs is in the hands of his two imperial uncles, and the commander of the Xuanguo Army and the two deputy marshals on the left and right are all uncles of Emperor Xuan, but these people are not autocratic, but wholeheartedly assist the young emperor.

As for the little prince, I think it is a cousin of Emperor Xuan, because Emperor Xuan's grandson is only the grandson of Emperor Xuan, and the others are concubines.

At this time, the carriage turned to a wide long street, with thousands of houses in Zhuhu and hundreds of buildings in Danying. Xia Chen had never walked this street, but she had already heard that the people who lived here were all dignitaries, and the Yan Mansion was on this street.

The streets were usually silent, no vendors were allowed to sell, no beggars and civilians were allowed to pass by, and the guards who guarded the gates stood as straight as statues, never talking to each other. Xia Chen looked at the plaque on the door, Zhang's Mansion, Zhao's Mansion, and Hu's Mansion......

At this moment, the door of the mansion not far away was opened, and two sturdy men dressed like northern warriors, each leading two horses, walked out of the door, followed by a tall and a short, a man in a black shirt and a man in a white shirt stepped out of the threshold side by side, and as soon as they went out, they turned back again, as if to say goodbye to their send-off.

It is said that one is tall and one is short, but in fact, there is not much difference in height between the two, and they both have broad shoulders and thin waists, and their bodies are straight, like Zhilan Yushu.

Xia Chen's carriage was almost at the gate of this mansion at this time, and she was surprised to find that the word Yan Fu was written on this door plaque, and she looked at the two people curiously, just as they had also turned around and were about to get on the horse.

The man in black shirt actually wore half a silver mask on his face, and his thin lips were cold, and Xia Chen was looking at it. Two sharp gazes swept at her through two eyeball-sized holes in her mask, and she couldn't help but dodge back.

The windows have grilles, and the light inside the car is much darker than outside. And the distance between them is still seven or eight zhang away, theoretically this person should not be able to see her clearly, but Xia Chen felt that he not only saw himself, but also as clear as if he was face to face.

What surprised her even more was that the man in black actually gave her a sense of déjà vu, especially those cold eyes without a trace of warmth, where she had definitely seen them, but she couldn't remember them for a while.

By this time the two men had mounted their horses, but they did not go away at once. It seems to be waiting for Xia Chen's carriage to pass by.

When Xia Chen looked at the man in white, his heart seemed to stop in an instant, and even his breathing became urgent. Judging by his appearance alone, he is only thirteen or fourteen years old. But it's impossible to think of him as a teenager, who is born as if he were a king, and although he has a bohemian smile on his lips, you will feel that everything needs to come to him. It will be solved lightly.

But these are not enough to shock Xia Chen. The reason why she has such a strong sense of shock is because this young man in white is too much like He Yi, although He Wuyi is much older than him, but if you compare the photos of He Wuyi when he was a teenager, it is definitely the same! The slanting sword eyebrows, slender eyes, slightly long mouth corners, and angular outlines that are as three-dimensional as a mixed race. Although it is not as handsome as Hua Manlou, it is not as handsome as Cen Shaoze. But it has more flavor, a heroic taste that belongs to men.

At the moment when he passed by, Xia Chen decisively shouted: "Stop." ”

"Third Young Master? Is there something wrong? The coachman asked, but slowed down.

Before the carriage stopped, Xia Chen pulled the door and jumped out of the carriage, she thought to herself that no matter who this person was, she had to know him, this urgent mood was like a person who had been wandering for decades, suddenly saw the villagers, eager to know the dissipation of relatives in his hometown, eager to listen to a few words with a local accent, and it was much stronger than that.

However, the four horsemen had galloped away in the other direction, leaving behind only a cloud of flying dust and a blur of figures.

"Wait ......" Xia Chen wanted to shout loudly, but she didn't know what to shout, she stood there in a daze, until Yueniang called her several times before she came back to her senses and silently returned to the carriage.

There are too many passing passes in life, how many people can intersect? Suddenly there was an urge in her heart to go back to that rainy day, that night, that morning, that ...... No matter which one he says, as long as he says that sentence again, she will not hesitate to agree to be his bride, but she can't go back!

"Chen'er, what's wrong with you?" Yueniang asked with some concern. She had never seen such an expression on Xia Chen's face, frustrated, helpless, sad and angry, and painful.

Xia Chen closed his eyes and sighed faintly, "I'm fine." Her heart seems to be crushed by a pair of invisible hands, she can't go back, she can't see it, this is even life and death, you must know that life and death can always find a way to say goodbye, death and everything is over, but she is powerless, hopeless, desperate.

I don't know how long it took, the carriage stopped, and the coachman said, "Third young master, it's here." ”

Xia Chen opened her eyes suddenly, her eyes flashed with an almost cruel light, and her cruelty was not to anyone, but to herself, even though her heart was like a knife, but she wanted to completely ignore the pain, because she wanted to live, and here she still had a life drama to play.

Because there was nothing to move, the coachman opened the door and handed the key to Yueniang and left, and when he left, he secretly glanced at Xia Chen, but at this glance, he felt a cool air from the soles of his feet go straight to his heart.

Yueniang frowned, she didn't know what was wrong with Xia Chen, as if she had suddenly received a great blow, and she seemed to be suddenly full of fighting spirit.

Xia Chen looked at the dilapidated courtyard and the half-collapsed house and said lightly: "Let's clean it up." As he spoke, he took off his coat and rolled up his sleeves.

Yueniang glanced around, and found that there was a broom in the corner that was so rotten that only half of it was left, she walked over and took it, and the edge of the broom was scattered like the hair of a hairpin.

Seeing this, Xia Chen suddenly regretted that she didn't bring some tools, and after thinking for a moment, she turned around and pushed open the door, and a musty smell rushed to her nose. There were many leaks of rain in the house, and in some places you could even see the light, and it was strange that the heavy rain a few days ago did not let the house die.

There were a few pieces of furniture in the room, but none of them worked, and the tables and chairs were lame, and they were afraid that they would turn to dust if they were touched.

"Ha, hahaha." Xia Chen suddenly burst out laughing.

Yueniang followed up and heard her laughing, and suddenly her face changed in shock: "Chen'er, don't scare me." (To be continued......) R1292